incantation

1. 1.

   a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect

   Synonymsconjuration

   Broaderspell

   Narrowerinvocation

Other forms of incantation

plural

incantations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about incantation

What does incantation mean?

incantation means "a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect".

How many syllables are in incantation?

incantation has 4 syllables: in-can-ta-tion. The stress falls on "can". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈkænˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for incantation?

Close synonyms include conjuration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is incantation a common word?

incantation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with incantation?

89 words rhyme with incantation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.